I want to be this woman

Dianne Sylvan of Dancing Down the Moon relates a story about standing in line at a coffeeshop behind a pretentiously dressed, thin, blond woman who is having a hard time making up her mind what to order. The woman is now weighing the pros and cons of having skim milk versus two percent milk in [...]

Pots and kettles

GA Republican Jack Kingston bashes Barack Obama for not wearing a flag lapel pin without remembering to wear one himself.

Sometimes dreams can come true

I don’t know if they will for me, but it’s looking up. 27 years ago I ran out of money and quit college with 6 hours remaining to be completed on my degree. Or at least that’s the story I’ve always told everyone. Yes, tuition tripled but there was a chance I could have gone [...]

One room, non-smoking, ocean view

Want a luxurious afterlife without the pesky details of good works and attending services**? Nate Davis and Edgar Kim can hook you up. One visit to Reserve A Spot In Heaven and $15.95 (plus $2 shipping) will get you instant access to paradise. To make the process even easier for you, they accept credit cards [...]

Sometimes they just don’t get it

One of the drugs I take makes me bleed very easily, even more so now that the dosage has been increased. This was a problem at my dental cleaning today. My gums bled when the hygienist probed my teeth. She thought was odd because I had no tarter build up, so I told her it [...]

Resurrecting the undead

Lestat lives! For all of us who refused to give up hope after Blood Cantical and Anne Rice‘s fervent conversion to Christianity, the reward for our faithfulness may be in sight. In a surprising reversal from her vow to only “write for the Lord,” Ms. Rice spoke with Time Magazine about returning to her literary [...]

And Moscow is in China

McCain thinks Putin is the president of Germany

That explains Marvin Gaye

From Innovation Canada: The Science of Music Innovation Canada: How does music affect the brain? Daniel Levitin: There’s a particular part of the brain that responds to pleasurable things like winning a lot of money, taking cocaine, or having an orgasm. That’s been known for years, but with my colleague from Stanford Medical School, Vinod [...]

This is freaky

From JeffBridges.com: While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this draw the number “6″ in the air with your right hand. Your fool will change direction and there’s nothing you can do about it. I assume this is because both the right hand [...]

Quote of the day

“I asked my 3-year-old daughter what would happen when she was a grown-up lady. The first thing she said was, “paint my nails.” I asked what else. “Get a box of tools.” That’s my girl!” –John Baichtal, Geek Dad

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